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The Junction Boys were the "survivors" of Texas A&M Aggies football coach Bear Bryant's brutal 10-day summer camp in Junction, Texas, beginning September 1, 1954. The ordeal became the subject of a 2001 book by Jim Dent, The Junction Boys, [1] and a television movie with the same title produced by ESPN, starring Tom Berenger as Bryant.
The Junction Boys is a 2002 American made-for-television sports drama film written and directed by Mike Robe, based on Jim Dent's 2001 book of the same name. It is about the Junction Boys, [1] [2] and stars Tom Berenger as Bear Bryant. It aired on ESPN on December 14, 2002. [3] [4]
The Junction Boys: Directed by Mike Robe. With Tom Berenger, Bernard Curry, Fletcher Humphrys, Ryan Kwanten. Story of Bear Bryant's first summer as head football coach at Texas A&M. Bear takes his charges out onto the scorched plains and sees who survives.
The 1954 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 1954 college football season as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC). The Aggies were led by head coach Bear Bryant in his first season and finished with a record of one win and nine losses (1–9 overall, 0–6 in the SWC). This squad became known as the ...
But the Junction Boys provided the nucleus of an unbeaten team that almost won the national championship two years later. The Junction experience is still regarded as the turnaround of Aggie...
Sep 9, 2000 · The Junction Boys tells the story of Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant's legendary training camp in the small town of Junction, Texas. In a move that many consider the salvation of the Texas A&M football program, Coach Bryant put 115 players through the most grueling practices ever imagined.
- Jim Dent
Aug 16, 2014 · Nine Junction Boys have died: Darrell Brown, Lloyd Hale, Gene Henderson, George Johnson, Paul Kennon, Billy McGowan, Jack Pardee, Troy Summerlin and Lawrence Winkler. David Barron reported on...
Feb 10, 2022 · The Junction Boys. The team found themselves dropped off in Junction, Texas at a training camp that would become legendary for its extremely difficult workouts and conditions. Stallings provided a glimpse on the conditions on the sports history podcast: “The facilities were bad. It was in the middle of a drought.
Sep 1, 1999 · THE JUNCTION BOYS. HOW TEN DAYS IN HELL WITH BEAR BRYANT FORGED A CHAMPION TEAM AT TEXAS A&M. by Jim Dent ‧RELEASE DATE: Sept. 1, 1999. bookshelf. shop now. amazon. Legendary college football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant comes alive in this rollicking story of his time at Texas A&M during the mid-1950s.
Dec 14, 2002 · The often unnerving story finds Bryant ducking the school's good ol' boy network of rich, influential alumni by spiriting his new team away to a makeshift training base in a tiny town called Junction.
